i, Hulu works in Linux and has a lot of great content. The only thing they don't do is ship out DVDs. http://hulu.com thanks Storm -- Vinux Publicity Coordinator: http://www.vinuxproject.org/ Registered Linux user number 508465: https://linuxcounter.net/user/508465.html My blog, Thoughts of a Dragon: http://www.stormdragon.us/ "We sail the endless oceans, we sail the raging seas. The quest is never ending, it leads us to destiny." Alestorm- The Quest On Thu, 2011-10-27 at 07:23 -0500, Chris Brannon wrote: > Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net> writes: > > > The famous name in this space, of course, it Net Flix, but they're > > supposedly not so accessible. > > Due to DRM, Netflix isn't usable at all under Linux on the desktop, not > even for sighted people. Thank Hollywood for that. In Linux-only > households, the only way to use Netflix is via a "Netflix-ready" device. > The vast majority of those aren't accessible at all. They're "consumer > electronics", so go figure. Lots of folks go for the Roku streaming > player, which is recommended by Netflix. Are you ready for a laugh? > The Roku device runs an embedded Linux! There's no reason that it > couldn't provide some spoken feedback, but it doesn't do so today. > > For a blind person, the AppleTV might work. It supports Netflix, and it > is accessible using VoiceOver. I looked at one late last year, but I > decided not to buy it. For one thing, I suspect that you have to manage > it with iTunes. I don't own a Windows machine or a Mac, so this is a > show-stopper for me. Second, it only supports HDMI output. If you're > using an older TV, as I was at the time, you're out of luck! > > -- Chris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
